PCR detection, characterization, and distribution of virulence genes in Aeromonas spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5293-5302

  Kingombe, Cesar Isigidi Bin ^a,b   Huys, Geert ^b   Tonolla, Mauro ^c   Albert, M John ^d   Swings, Jean ^b   Peduzzi, Raffaele ^c   Jemmi, Thomas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0039697161     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5293-5302.1999     Document Type: Article

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